Vasily Akimovich Kharlamov (russian: Васи́лий Аки́мович Харла́мов) (1 January 1875 – 13 March 1957) was a Russian politician involved in the revolution and civil war. Kharlamov, of the

Don Cossacks Don Cossacks (russian: Донские казаки, Donskie kazaki) or Donians (russian: донцы, dontsy) are Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don. Historically, they lived within the former Don Cossack Host (russian: До� ...

, was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party and was elected to all four State Dumas of the Russian Empire. After the 1917

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

, the Russian Provisional Government made him a chair of the ephemeral Special Transcaucasian Committee (Ozakom) in 1917. Later, Kharlamov headed the Government of the Union of South-Eastern Cossack troops, Caucasus Mountaineers and Free Peoples of the Steppe. During the Russian Civil War, he emerged as one of the leaders of the Don White movement. After the Bolshevik victory in the war, Kharlamov fled abroad. He died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, leaving a memoirs of the civil war years.Vasily Akimovich Kharlamov (''Vasily Akimovich Kharlamov'')
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kharlamov, Vasily 1875 births 1957 deaths People from Don Host Oblast Don Cossacks Russian Constitutional Democratic Party members Members of the 1st State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 2nd State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 3rd State Duma of the Russian Empire Members of the 4th State Duma of the Russian Empire Russian Constituent Assembly members White movement people White Russian emigrants to Bulgaria White Russian emigrants to Czechoslovakia White Russian emigrants to Argentina Argentine people of Russian descent